Configure IIS Server and Deploy Asp.net Web Service Locally

To day i will Describe to you how to Configure an IIS Server on Windows XP and Windows 7 and also will be explaining How to Deploy , Publish and Host Asp.net Web service and Web site on IIS Server Locally.

By Deploying or Hosting Asp.net Website or web service Locally Any One Can Access your Web site or web service through Local , LAN (Local Area Network ) and Through WiFi .

USAGE
1) This is Very Useful tutorial ,For E.g:- In Some Organizations, they want Web site or web applications that are only accessibly in that particular Organization (Technically : in Organization LAN NETWORK) .So they Host their Asp.net website,Web service or Web applications Locally.

2) If a Personal web application of an Organization is Hosted Globally then The Web Application Security Factor is Very LOW and There is a great of a hacker accessing or Hacking your Web application.But on Local Host there Security Factor is very High and there is Minimum chances of Hack attacks.

3) In Developing Android Applications ,When you are Trying to Access a Asp.net Web Service on Android Emulator you cannot Access the Asp.net web service until you host asp.net web service Locally .Because the default URL of Asp.net Web service is For Example "http://localhost/sajjad/Service1.asmx" mean it is Referring windows LocalHost, if you access
This Service (Through URL "http://localhost/sajjad/Service1.asmx") in android is inaccessible because android has ITS OWN LOCAL HOST and Face Error SITE NOT FOUND .

4) You Can not Access you asp.net web Site or Web service Through System's Local IP address (Like:192.168.1.2) until you deploy it On IIS Server.

These are Some Major usages in addition to these there are a lot of other Usages too.

So Lets Begin ,
First you have to install ISS SERVER ON Windows Xp and Windows 7 .I will be showing you Both Installation Windows Xp and 7.

Windows XP and Windows 7 IIS Server Installations

Steps

First of all, Open Control Panel.

In the Programs Options, select Turn Windows Features on or off.

You might See the following Popup screen:

Now, simply click on the features that are checked on the following screens and then hit the OK button.

A progress bar popup will appear.

Once the installation is over, to confirm it! simply type the following URL into your browser: http://localhost.
If installation is successful, then you will see the following screen:

Now you can use Internet Information Services Manager to manage and configure IIS. To open IIS Manager, click Start, type inetmgr in the Search Programs and Files box, and then press Enter. or go to Control Panel >Administrative Tools>Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

We have installed the IIS Server on Windows ,
Now Add an Web Application to the IIS SERVER
In Left Site Of the IIS Manager Widnow there is an Option by the Name "SITES"Click it then > Right click on Default web site option > Add Application write an Alias Name Like "visualstudiolearn" , and Give a Physical Path of Application See the Screen Below .

Now Lets Create a ASP.NET Simple Web service in Visual studio . I have already Written an Article about How to create Asp.net Webservice and How to utilize Asp.net web service if you donot know then read it first.
Next create a method with Following Code

[WebMethod]
        public string HelloWorld()
        {
            return "Configure IIS Server and Deploy Asp.net Web Service Locally  VISUALSTUDIOLEARN.com By SAJJAD AHRAF";
        }

Now Press F5 to Test Service if it is running correctly or Not.

Now We will Publish Our Web Service .Right Click Project>(from solution Explorer tab ) then click Publish option >A popup window will open.SET Publish Method to "File System" , and Set Target Location to Physical Path (defined by you Already we will add Application in IIS Manager) See Screen Below

After doing this you can Access Service through Following URLS.
http://localhost/visualstudiolearn/Service1.asmx
OR
http://192.168.1.2/visualstudiolearn/Service1.asmx

Note "192.168.1.2" is your System Local IP address you can find you IP address just open Cmd "Command Prompt " and write ipconfig.
See Screen Below,

Now You can Also access This Web service in Android Emulator by just Entering the
Following in android Web Browser

http://192.168.1.2/visualstudiolearn/Service1.asmx

See the Out put.

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Aug 25, 2012